Presentation
The municipalities, for their part, have understood that teamwork through Mancomunidades strengthens their management, taking into account what is established by the Law of Municipalities of Honduras, as a strategy to join efforts in solving the problems that transcend in the Territorial limits, the same as before, were only seen as dividing lines and not as a space of opportunities for collective development and as a social construction.
From that account in the COLOSUCA Commonwealth, the Strategic Development Plan has been drawn up, which addresses development management based on a comprehensive analysis of the territory, through a participatory and decentralized process with the different actors in the inter-municipal sphere, of this Strategic Plan Development, the creation of the Territorial Environmental Planning Plan (POAT) is contemplated, in response to strategic line 6, which focuses on Urban and Rural Territorial Planning, establishing a series of lines of action aimed at the three development engines of the commonwealth.
That its legal platform is framed in the General Law of Territorial Ordinance Decree 180 - 2003, and its territorial intervention strategy, is the promotion of productive and economic activities based on the strengthening of the social capacities of the territory by maximizing its potential. The POAT at the same time is part of an environmental strategy that will allow the sustainable development of COLOSUCA for future generations.
Article 2 of the Law of Territorial Organization provides that;
• The political-administrative process of the state to know and evaluate the resources in which the participation of society can manage sustainable development;
• A systematized and centralized Management Model in the strategic vision of the country, to face the remains of this era, characterized by the advances of high technology, the dynamic and competitive fulfillments of the economy and the global geopolitical openness, proactive of the societies and the strategic valuation of the resources While the chapter 3 of OT indicates and defines the following:
• Anthropocentric approach; How the orientation considers the fulfillment of the human being, their performance, family well-being and respect for their dignity, as the transcendent objective of all social acts
• Strategic Approach: Management Orientation of a public or private nature linked to the municipal or departmental regime.
• Integration Entity: Management Bodies of a public or community nature in which there are only competencies to comply with or apply standards in the field of action.
Article 5 of the Law of Territorial Regulation contemplates that the Fundamentals of Territorial Regulation are:
- The Anthropocentric Approach, which makes the well-being and dignity of people prevail over any technical structural conformation, establishing as a priority the qualitative improvement of the human being; Solidarity and national equity, to concern a harmonious and territorially balanced development, in such a way that Rational and equitable access to resources, opportunities and benefits generated socially is guaranteed, applying criteria of social and fiscal solidarity; Participatory management, which promotes decision-making and joint execution of actions by public sector entities and society through binding leadership and teamwork; Decentralization, which enshrines the principle of responsible autonomy of municipalities to exercise government actions in solving problems,management of their private interests, opportunities and management of resources and community participation; Citizen participation and the strengthening of community entities, making desicional contributions, social control and contribution of resources and management efforts in matters of collective interest; Sustainable development, balanced i) Growth and economic dynamics ii) harmonious, inclusive and equitable social evolution iii) preservation of the environment seeking productive transformation with the rational use and protection of natural resources in such a way as to guarantee their improvement progressive, if deteriorating or threatening the well-being of future generations; the application of environmental services in an equitable and real way as a result of the valuation of costs and benefits.In the case of water resources, as a special area of intervention, it will be regulated according to the general water law; and, Competitive Insertion in the world concert of nations that promote the most advantageous framework of economic and political interrelation with other countries. It is a priority action for the supervision of competitiveness factors that include education, technological mastery, respect for constitutional rights and freedoms, the performance of government institutions, as well as the opening to access markets and resources, among others, that it promotes in the same purpose.It is a priority action for the supervision of competitiveness factors that include education, technological mastery, respect for constitutional rights and freedoms, the performance of government institutions, as well as the opening to access markets and resources, among others, that promotes the same purpose.It is a priority action for the supervision of competitiveness factors that include education, technological mastery, respect for constitutional rights and freedoms, the performance of government institutions, as well as the opening to access markets and resources, among others, that promotes the same purpose.
The Territorial Regulation law also establishes that the associations must formulate their own organization organizations for a better execution and formulation of planning tools for the development of these, which establishes the following article:
Article 18: The Associations will organize their own Territorial Organization Councils which will be integrated with delegates from public and community organizations of each participating municipality, this council as well as the Municipal Development Council of the associations will be supported in their activities by the representatives of the national authorities that have a presence in the department.
Support networks attached to each departmental council may also be formed to facilitate their operation.
1. Introduction
The Mancomunidad de Colosuca includes the municipalities of Belén, Gracias, La Campa, San Manuel de Colohete, San Marcos de Caiquín and San Sebastián with a territory of 1,257 km2 of rugged terrain between 600-2800 meters above sea level. The population amounts to around 70,000 - 80,000 of which 75% is dedicated to the cultivation of basic grains, coffee growing and dual-purpose livestock. The other inhabitants depend on the corresponding trade and services.
Around 25% of the soils are cultivable, most of them below 1,400 meters above sea level. Prospects for agriculture, as well as commercial use of forests, are limited. The annual rainfall that occurs between May and November varies from 1200 to 2000 mm and allows a single harvest of corn and beans, which places the community in the so-called Dry Tropics of Central America. On the other hand, the history of the area, the Lenca indigenous population, the landscape and the cloud forests above 1,400 meters above sea level with their diversity of ecosystems offer significant potential for the development of tourism and ecotourism.
According to information, the commonwealth in 2004 was characterized, among others, by:
- Minimum levels of services and weak corresponding capacities Minimum levels of infrastructure, including the road network Lack of information for decision-making Dispersed plans not adequate to the needs of the population High levels of poverty and extreme poverty High rates malnutrition among children, particularly between May-September High economic vulnerability Human development indices between 0.375-0.525.
Solidaridad Internacional Honduras with financial help from the social bases of Solidaridad Internacional España, the Spanish Cooperation (AECI) and the European Union has been active in the commonwealth since 1998. Initially, the work focused on the restoration of damaged drinking water systems by Hurricane “Mitch”, followed by the construction of basic rural infrastructure (expansion of drinking water systems, schools, health centers, childcare centers). In the last three years, this has been limited to the expansion of the drinking water network and the management of the so-called micro-basins that are the sources of drinking water. The management of micro watersheds includes campaigns against burning, relocation of families, institutional strengthening of municipalities and water boards.
Urban and Rural Territorial Planning
Operational Objectives:
- Implement the Territorial Environmental Management Plan (POAT), through municipal intervention strategies, zoning and land use regulations approved by the municipalities that make up the Commonwealth Approve and implement the Regulations of Municipal Historic Centers Prepare Master Plans of Urban Development Manage the programs and projects associated with the development engines identified by the Territorial Environmental Management Plan Create technical capacities for the comprehensive execution of the Territorial Management programs and projects.
Strategic Objectives:
- Implement the Territorial Environmental Management Plan (POAT), through municipal intervention strategies, zoning and land use regulations approved by the municipalities that make up the Commonwealth Approve and implement the Regulations of Municipal Historic Centers Prepare Master Plans of Urban Development Manage the programs and projects associated with the development engines identified by the Territorial Environmental Management Plan Create technical capacities for the comprehensive execution of the Territorial Management programs and projects.
The Territorial Regulation law also establishes that the associations must formulate their own organization organizations for a better execution and formulation of planning tools for the development of these, which establishes the following article:
Article 18: The Associations shall organize their own Territorial Regulation Councils which will be integrated with delegates from public and community organizations of each participating municipality, this council as well as the council of Municipal Development of the mancomunidades will be supported in their activities by the representatives of the national authorities that have a presence in the department.
Support networks attached to each departmental council may also be formed to facilitate their operation.
In this document you will also find a series of numerals related to the implementation of the Urban and Rural Territorial Planning Plan of the COLOSUCA mancomunidad.
2. Objectives
2.1 General:
Prepare in a participatory way and based on the legal, administrative and institutional framework, the Territorial Environmental Management Plan of the COLOSUCA Mancommunity, prioritizing actions that promote the sustainable development of the territory during the period from 2012 to 2022.
2.2 Specific:
- Establish the social, economic, environmental, cultural and development situation of the municipalities that make up the COLOSUCA Mancommunity, determining the situation of their main territorial indicators Define the Current Territorial Development Model of the COLOSUCA Mancommunity, establishing the trend, desired and optimal development using territorial planning intervention strategies as a platform Provide the Commonwealth and its municipalities with territorial management tools that allow promoting local economic development, based on territorial potentials, turning their comparative advantages into competitive advantages. main problems and potentialities of the territory of the Mancomunidades defining the main development alternatives through actions,regulations and territorial development projects Establish clear objectives for territorial development based on the main territorial problems and potentialities, creating strategies for mitigating and correcting problems and maximizing potentials, in a period of 20 years Integrating a portfolio of strategic projects in coherence and concordance with the Joint Strategic Development Plan 2012 - 2022, as a sister document to the Environmental Territorial Planning Plan, in Strategic Line Number 6, seeking the compatibility of actions Establish the institutional structure for the future execution of the Planning Plan Territorial Environmental of the Mancomunidad COLOSUCA.Propose the creation of a Local Economic Development Agency with mixed public-private capital,where the Mancomunidad COLOSCUA is the promoter of the new institutional framework responsible for promoting the strengthening of the development engines identified through the process of preparing the POAT.
